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Orderliness in Natural Cycles

"There is an orderliness in the natural cycles of life, there is an unalterable law governing everything and every being that exists or lives."

Mahatma Gandhi

Photo Credit: Leaves falling down hole. Andy Goldsworthy is a land and earth artist who creates art with only the objects that surround him in nature. His work usually mimics organic forms in nature such as spirals and circles. His medium usually consists of rocks, sticks, and leaves, and snow when it is available. He creates sculptures out of these organic medium playing with the tensions and balance in nature.

Ephemeralization--Bucky Fuller

Ephemeralization is a term coined by R. Buckminster Fuller. It refers to the ability of people to use technological advances to continuously do more with less.

Fuller’s vision was that ephemeralization will result in ever increasing standards of living for an ever growing population despite finite resources. Fuller saw ephemeralization as an inevitable trend in human development.

Buckminster Fuller author, scientist, artist, inventor, architect, engineer, philosopher, mathematician, metaphysician, cartographer, visionary, social historian, creator of dymaxion engineering, geodesics, synergy, synergetics, World Game & world resources inventory, arguably the first modern futurist.

Map of the Decade--Weak and Strong Signals

The 2007 Map of the Decade  from Institute of the Future tells six big stories about the world that will shape our lives and our decisions over the next ten years:

• A Planet at Risk
• Marginal Mainstreams
• Participatory Culture
• New Commons
• Molecular Vision
• Looking Long

It has dozens of weak and strong signals about where global society is headed.